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Introducing LFJ’s Community Justice Sites

LFJ is piloting our Community Justice Sites programming at the SPLC’s Road to 60 Summit in Mississippi. Our Community Justice Sites are Freedom Schools and Citizenship Schools for everyone. When we “learn for justice,” we center learning to inform our action for liberation and justice in our communities. 

  • Freedom Summer and Today’s Election Process
  • Introduction to Action Planning: Toolkit
  • Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement
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The New Deciders

“The New Deciders” examines the influence of voters from four demographic groups—black millennials, Arab Americans, Latino Evangelicals and Asian Americans. Viewers will meet political hopefuls, community leaders, activists and church members from Orange County, California, Cleveland, Ohio, Greensboro, North Carolina and Orlando, Florida, all of whom have the opportunity to move the political needle, locally and nationally.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Religion Immigration Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice Action
September 2, 2016
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Maintaining Strong Communities in Polarized Classrooms

Polarizing political rhetoric didn't end with the election, and as recounts and lawsuits continue, it remains critical that educators work to maintain strong, inclusive communities in their classrooms. We hope these resources will help.

  • Let's Talk!
  • The Danger of the Story of “Both Sides”
  • How Does Fake News Become News?
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McCarthy: Enemy of the Negro People (excerpt, p. 14)

This journal article excerpt describes how the House Un-American Activities Committee tried to undermine the Civil Rights Movement by targeting some activists as communistic sympathizers. Eslanda Goode Robeson used her testimony as a platform to speak out against American hypocrisy and injustice.
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Charles Allen Jr.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Civil Rights Movement
Social Justice Domain
Identity Justice
July 6, 2022
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“Mainstream, USA”

In this lesson, students will see how statistical data can tell a larger story, understand numbers in various contexts and explore different points of view in relation to data. They will also consider how—as future voters—they will help determine how the political process can serve everybody.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Immigration
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Social Studies
Math & Technology
Social Justice Domain
Diversity
September 29, 2014